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The health externalities of downsizing

by Alexander Ahammer, Dominik Grübl, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we study mass layoff (ML) survivors in Austria, using workers who survive a ML themselves, but a few years in the future, as a control group. Based on highquality administrative data, we find evidence that downsizing has persistent effects on mental and physical health, and that these effects can be explained by workers fearing for their own jobs. We also show that health externalities due to downsizing imply non-negligible cost for firms, and that wage cuts may have similar effects.
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[2021]
Authors: Ahammer, Alexander ; Grübl, Dominik ; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
Publisher: Linz-Auhof, Austria : Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Subject: Downsizing | mass layoffs | health | job insecurity | Personalabbau | Downsizing (Staff) | Kündigung | Dismissal | Gesundheit | Health | Beschäftigungssicherung | Job security
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